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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY WV. MATTHIES, OF NEWVARK, NEW JERSEY.

WALL HAT-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,163, dated August 4, 1891.

Application filed December 15, 1890. Serial No. 374,720. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY W. MATTHIEs, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wall Hat-Racks; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a device for supporting a gentlemans hat, coat, and cane, and has for its object to provide a neat, light, and inexpensive rack adapted to receive and retain the hat, in connection with a hook for an overcoat and a holder fora cane or umbrella.

It consists in a structure, substantially as hereinafter described and claimed, adapted to said purpose. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 i a view in perspective of my improved hatrack, and Fig. 2 a section thereof in line at :c of Fig. 1.

The rack or bracket for the support of the hat is constructed by preference of rods of metal or of rattan united to form a wall-frame A, preferably rectangular in form, as shown in Fig. 1, and having a Wall-plate B, attached to its lower end and connecting its two vertical side bars. The upper ends of these side bars terminate in eyes 0 c, and similar eyes 0 c are formed in the ends of the wall-plate B, by means whereof the rack may be attached to the wall. From the lower end of the wallframe A a rack or frame-work D is made to project horizontally far enough to furnish a support for a hat, and is braced by lateral diagonal rods D D, extending from each corner thereof to the upper corners respectively of the wall-frame. A transverse bar E is fitted between the lateral rods of the horizontal frame at such distance in front of the wallframe as to afford support to the brim of the hat placed in the rack, and a pin F is made to project vertically from the center of 'this transverse bar E to pass up within the rim of the hat, and thereby prevent the hat from accidentally slipping forward and dropping off the rack. A second transverse bar G is also placed parallel with the bar E at a height above it to afiord a suitable stay or support for the body of the hat as it rests upon the rack, (see the dotted lines in Fig. 2,) said second stay-bar being attached at its ends to lateral rods H H, extending from the wall-frame A to the diagonal brace-rods D D, parallel with the rack-frame D.

The device is rendered more complete for general use by means of a coat-hook K, fixed to depend from the lowerend of the wall-frame, and of a spring-actuated clasp L, also fitted to project horizontally from the lower end of the wall-frame and adapted to seize and hold the handle of an umbrella or cane. The hat placed upon this improved supporting-bracket rests lightly on the cross-bars of the frame D, and is held by the upright pin F, so that it may not slip or be accidentally knocked 0E of the rack.

I claim as my invention- The combination, in a wall hat rack or bracket, of a horizontal frame having transverse bars fixed in position to support the rim of a hat at opposite points thereof, a pin projecting from the rear bar-in position to pass up within the hat placed upon said bars, an upper cross-bar mounted parallel with the rear bar at a height to stay the body of the hat, and 7 means for supporting and suspending said horizontal frame and cross-bar, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY W. MATTHIES. WVitnesses.

A. N. J ESBERA, E. M. WATSON. 

